WEBVTT
NATALIE: IT'S FIVE DAYS UNTIL
MMA FIGHTER JOSH EMMETT TAKES ON
HIS FIRST HOMETOWN UFC BATTLE --
>> WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE
GOLDEN 1 CENTER, I WAS DRIVING
BY AND I TOLD MY WIFE, I'M GOING
TO FIGHT HERE ONE DAY IN THE
UFC.
NATALIE: SATURDAY NIGHT'S
SHOWDOWN IS A DREAM COME TRUE
FOR EMMETT.
>> WHEN I GOT THE CALL TO FIGHT
HERE IN SACRAMENTO, I SAID
THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING ME.
NATALIE: INCLUDING SOME SERIOUS
INJURIES THE EL CAMINO HIGH
SCHOOL AND SAC CITY COLLEGE GRAD
HAD TO OVERCOME.
IN HIS UFC DEBUT FIGHT THIS PAST
MAY, HE SUFFERED THE WORST HAND
INJURY IN UFC HISTORY.
>> MY BONE WAS STICKING OU
JUST HANGING THERE, AND I
TOUGHED IT OUT AND HAD THE BEST
POKER FACE I COULD AND WON MY
DEBU
NATALIE: PERSEVERING THROUGH
PAIN
IS SOMETHING EMMETT HAS
MASTERED.
>> IT'S LIKE HUMAN CHESS.
I DO SOMETHING.
I SEE A REACTION.
I'LL SET UP MY NEXT MOVE.
NATALIE: AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S
BEEN MONTHS SINCE HIS LAST
FIGHT, EMMETT SAYS HE'S READY TO
TAKE ON HIS NEXT OPPONENT.
>> I JUST NEED TO GET TO THAT
FIGHT.
IF THERE IS AN INJURY OR PAIN,
I'LL OVERCOME THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.
I JUST NEED TO GET TO THAT
FIGHT.
NATALIE: AND DOING IT IN HIS
HOMETOWN WILL MAKE THE PRIZE
EVEN SWEETER.
>> SO EXCITED AND I'M GOING TO
PUT ON ONE HELL OF A FIGHT AND
COME OUT VICTORIOUS AND KEEP
THAT UNDEFEATED RECORD ROLLING.